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Year: 2016

  • Konica Hexanon AR 50mm F1.7

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    Konica Hexanon AR 50mm F1.7

    While I have several 50mm lenses already, I’ve given two to my son, leaving me with one that is very nice, but also very heavy (800 grams). I’ve been looking for a less bulky alternative as a walking-around lens.  Again turning to the Konica family of lenses, they offered three versions with different minimum apertures:…

  • Konica Hexanon AR 35mm F2.8

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    Konica Hexanon AR 35mm F2.8

    I’ve been looking for a 35mm lens for a while.  My core set of lenses is an 18mm, 28mm, 50mm, 90mm, 200mm and 400mm so the range is covered fairly well.    For me, a 35mm is an intermediate lens (meaning it fits in a gap between two lenses I have already); not a mandatory but…

  • Dying by The Word

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    Dying by The Word

    In an article in the Atlantic Magazine, The Great Republican Revolt, David Frum chronicles the death of the GOP.  It’s not there yet, but it certainly seems to be the prognosis.  Supporting the hypothesis is that the political elite of the Party are said to be in a state of panic at the potential of a…

  • Reggaeton

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    Reggaeton

    Entering https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ allows one to see Google’s assessment of personal interests, based on the various product interactions: These interests are derived from your activity on Google sites, such as videos you’ve watched on YouTube.  This does not include Gmail interests, which are used only for ads within Gmail. Some observations: The attributed interest that confounded me…

  • The Rhythm of Unloading

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    I watched dock workers unloading a ship.